The title block is stored in the sheet template. The sheet templates are
in xx\Design Explorer 99SE\System\Templates.ddb
Open a template, edit the desired elements, save the result as a .dot file
with a file name of your choosing, then reuse it anytime as the template
for your own custom sheet
The standard thickness of core material depends on who makes the laminates
used by your fab.
If your fab can't make the board to your required dimensions, you need to
call around and see what other fabs can get/do.
An example of available material from one laminate manufacturer can be seen at:
The "bounding rectangle" is supposed to be the board outline. If there are
primitives out of bounds, Protel will extend the "bounding rectangle" to
include them - even if they are outside the actual board outline.
At this point, you best bet appears to be select, copy, and paste into a
new doc
This is a problem that crops up regularly in all versions of Protel. It is
likely that, at some point in laying out your PCB, some primitive or
component accidentally has been moved or placed outside your work area. It
may even be on a layer that you have turned off, such as a mechanical layer
Go to "Design>Options>Options" and check to see what your electrical snap
grid values are set to. Something may have happened that caused your snap
grid values to become out-of-range or invalid.
Shift "E" toggles the electrical snap on and off. Try a toggle and make
sure it's on.
The other,
Gavin,
You need to ask your local Altium office this question.
Altium says that in certain parts of the world where software piracy is
common, the license is tied to the hardware. Elsewhere, the standard
license is a portable key file with a .alt extension that unlocks the
software regardless o
DXP2004 is mostly fit. It is a resource hog, and has a very steep learning
curve. I don't see many crashes/hangs under WINXP Pro with SP1(pre-release).
You need a really fast processor, a good graphics card, plenty of memory,
and a good size disk to keep things moving along during layout. Tak
Did you remember to turn on the inner layers in the library editor? The
editor assumes just top and bottom by default.
At 02:10 PM 12/19/03, you wrote:
Well, I tried that and it saved everything on the top, bottom and silkscreen
layers, but not the internal signal layers :(
Bob
-Original
The converter is Protel 2.8 (PFW). In the old (pre-Windows) days, we used
Tango extensively. We have a lot of legacy designs that started in Tango,
and sometimes we need them for old projects that customers revive.
When Protel advertised version 3, they included Tango file translation as
one
BNC = Bayonet Neill-Concelman (or sometimes British Naval Connector)
Invented by and named after Amphenol Engineer Carl Concelman and Bell Labs
Engineer Paul Neill - developed in the late 1940's.
At 05:52 PM 7/11/03 -0700, you wrote:
now for the real quiz
what is the true derivation of the ter
s the designer's guide was based on some variation of
> Protel99 before it evolved into Protel99SE+SP6. If you should find a
> situation where it doesn't work - please let me know.
>
> Regards - Harry
>
>
>
> At 10:50 AM 7/3/03 +0100, you wrote:
> >03/07/2003 06:00
Leo,
There is no known 'undocumented feature' that is likely to be causing your
problem. More likely is some minor detail that has slipped by, or the
problem is with the printer driver that you are using for the print preview
- we have seen some quirky behavior with some plotters and printers.
Good question - too quickly read - too quick on reply - not answered.
Still a good question.
At 10:59 AM 4/4/02 -0800, you wrote:
>But Harry,
> the query was only, why there was 1.1mils associated with the NI/Au?
>Normal standards would call for 150 - 200 uinches of NI and upto 50uinches
Copper on a printed circuit is subject to severe oxidation unless coated.
Cu oxides are poor electrical conductors.
Gold is a passive metal with excellent conductivity.
If you plate gold directly on copper, Au/Cu intermetallics are formed that
cause the bond to be brittle and subject to mechan
Some things to consider:
1. FR4 resin transition temperature is between 115C and 135C. Reflow
soldering temperatures are typically 215C to 255C. Any internal stress in
the board will be relieved by warp and twist when the board becomes plastic
at the reflow temperature. The board fab must
Still waiting four months after offer. Some overseas folks have apparently
received their copies, but nothing here.
At 07:40 PM 4/2/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Just wondering..
>
>Is anyone else here in the states still waiting for the free Tasking
>software to show up?
>
>Not that it is of extreme
Hi Thomas-
The answer is simple - anything you draw or place on a plane in Protel is a
void (copper will be removed). Planes are negative images - they are
entirely covered with copper until you place something on them to remove
the copper. A fill on a plane layer would be a copper void; on
Hi Ivan,
No, you do not need to install the old software to install Protel99SE. You
will use only your existing license authorization number(s), unless you
have been provided with a new license for the upgrade software.
Regards,
Harry Selfridge
Encore Engineering Services and Products
At 12:
Hi Karen,
I can answer the Allegro question - you can't transfer to and from Allegro
directly. Allegro uses the anachronistic Unix way of doing things in
bits-and-pieces. There are multiple component library files with multiple
part files for component definitions, etc, etc.
There are ways
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